Danbury sports memories

Published 11:41 pm, Sunday, August 25, 2013

25 years ago

Janel Jorgensen of Ridgefield, who is ranked in the top 10 in the world in the 100-meter butterfly, the 200 individual medley and the 200 butterfly, competed for a spot on U.S. team for the Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea at the Olympic Trials in Austin, Texas earlier this month. She will compete in the 100-meter butterfly and the 4x100 medley relay. Jorgensen is the national YMCA and recordholder in seven events. She is one of ten members of the Wilton Wahoos, the National YMCA champions for four of the past five years, who will be attending the trials.

David Hull of Danbury and Bert Myer of Hampstead, N.H. teamed up to win the New England Regional Croquet Tournament at Newport, R.I. The victory in a field of 96 players qualified Hull and Myer to compete in the national championships. It was the second New England title for Hull and Myer.

Among those to be honored by the Old Timers Association of Greater Danbury at its Sept. 29 (1988) dinner this year will be Don Pepin, Marcia Dolan and Billy Smith. Pepin, program chairman for the Old Timers, was on the first Danbury team to bowl 2,000 in a national tournament in Richmond, Va. Dolan, playing out of Ridgewood Country Club, has won the club championship 15 times, she won the Florida State Amateur in 1962 while living in St. Petersburg, and won three Connecticut State Amateurs in 1969, 1972 and 1973 along with 10 Connecticut Women's Golf Association championships.

Javelin thrower Bill Coffey of Danbury High and three members of the McGovern family of Newtown: Katie, Maureen and Brian, qualified for the Junior Olympics in Gainesville, Fla.